Shoe-polishing kit



May 29, 1928. 1,671,828

J. KOWALSKI 4SHOE- POLISHING KIT Filed April 19, 1926 Patented May 29, 1928.

JOHN KOWALSKLOF GIiEN LYON, PENNSYLVANIA.

sHoE-PoLrsHING KIT.

Application led April 19, 1926. Serial No. 103,016.

This invention relates to shoe polishing kits, and has for an object the provlsion of a holder for the polish, container, assoclated with a foot support that may be applled to a stand, chair, bench, or the like, in order that the device can be used Without liability of scratching the furniture or daublng the same as the olish is applied and treated.

It is an oiiject of this invention to provide a holder for the polish container and a shoe supporting pad connected to the holder at its edge, and preferably to provide a beveled surface between the holder` and the pad where the toe of a shoe being polished may rest, whereas the sole of the shoe may rest on the pad.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide a holder having a lid to cover the polish container' and to provide means for retaining the polish container in the holder, the said device being of comparatively inexpensive construction, as Well as efficient and satisfactory in use.

VVit-h the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention'consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter' more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, ref

erence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views andv in which- Figure l illustrates a plan vice embodying the invention; y

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Iiig.` 1; and

Figure 3 illustrates a View in side elevation.

view of a de- In these drawings, 5 denotes the body of the holder for the polish container, the said holder having a cavity or'wel] 6 in which the container is deposited. Preferably a screw 7 is threaded through one Wall of the holder and carries a clamp 8 which will partially embrace the container and bind it against the Wallof the Well or cavity, where it Will be held against accidental displacement when implements are being used toremove the contents of the container. A 1id`9 the beveled portion having a recess end 0f the holder a plate 10 preferably of rubber, serve to close the container and is preferably hinged to the and it has which will prevent evaporation of the contents thereof.

not Wish to be limited with reparticular form of latch eml1, although the inder the beveled end thereof, and this pad is of the general conformation a shoe, although larger than in order available for use when the shoe is placed on the pad for polishing. i

The outer end 14 of the pad may be iianged or bent over, and this portion has two sets of connected slits 15 and 16 forming in the pad, tongues that will be displaced upon the insertion of a brush` handle throughthe slits to temporarily secure such brush to the pad, when not in use.

I claim:

l. In a `shoe polishing kit adapted to be supported `on a chair or step, including a body portion forming a polish holder, a pad attached to the body at one edge, the said edge being beveled to merge with the upper surface of the pad, and the outer end of said pad being adapted to be flexed down-` wardly over the edge of the chair or step by the heel of a shoe resting on the pad, to thereby hold the kit from slipping.

2. .In a shoe polishing kit, a holder for a polish container, a. shoe supporting pad secured tothe holder at one edge thereof, the said holder being beveled'along said edge to merge with the upper surface of the pad, formed therein, `to accommodate the tip of a Shoe resting on said pad.

JOHN KOWALSKI.

ofthe sole of normal shoes that there will be considerable area 

